Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God.
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Exhalation
Synonyms for "exhalation" (100 found)
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Related words (50)
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27 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- زَفِير noun (act or process of exhaling)
Assamese
2 entries- নিশাহ noun (that which is exhaled)
- নিশাহ লোৱা noun (act or process of exhaling)
Bulgarian
3 entries- дихание noun (that which is exhaled)
- дъх noun (that which is exhaled)
- издишване noun (act or process of exhaling)
Catalan
2 entries- exhalació noun (act or process of exhaling)
- exhalació noun (that which is exhaled)
Dutch
1 entries- uitademing noun (act or process of exhaling)
Esperanto
1 entries- elspiro noun (act or process of exhaling)
Finnish
1 entries- uloshengitys noun (act or process of exhaling)
Galician
2 entries- exhalación noun (act or process of exhaling)
- exhalación noun (that which is exhaled)
German
3 entries- Ausatmen noun (act or process of exhaling)
- Ausatmung noun (act or process of exhaling)
- Ausschnaufen noun (act or process of exhaling)
Irish
1 entries- asanálú noun (act or process of exhaling)
Latin
2 entries- efflātiō noun (act or process of exhaling)
- exhālātiō noun (act or process of exhaling)
Polish
1 entries- wydech noun (act or process of exhaling)
Spanish
3 entries- espiración noun (act or process of exhaling)
- exhalación noun (act or process of exhaling)
- exhalación noun (that which is exhaled)
Telugu
1 entries- నిశ్వాసము noun (act or process of exhaling)
Tocharian B
1 entries- satāṣlñe noun (act or process of exhaling)
Ukrainian
2 entries- видих noun (act or process of exhaling)
- видиха́ння noun (act or process of exhaling)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
short exhalations of breath
Source: wiktionary
exhalations from the earth or flowers
Source: wiktionary
1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter II, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt For a week the party watched the flood, and each day it receded to a considerable extent. A thick deposit of mud was left behind, but though the sun shone out warmly no offensive exhalations arose.
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